Halter



v. NAGY HALTERS June 25, 146.

Filed Aug. 2, 1945 2' Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. VILeR M461 Y diam ATTORNEY V. NAGY June 25, 19 46.

HALTERS Filed Aug. 2, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR. a LERIK N4 6 Y dim ATTOQNEY Patented June 25, 1946 sures PATENT OFFIC HALTER Valerie Nagy, Forest Hills, N; Y.

Application AIlgflSFZ, 1945; SlialYNba 608,414

Claims. I

This invention relates" to haltersg the term halter bein arbitrarily employed herein to denote the scanty bust covering: upper part of a twopiece: outer garment.

Heretofore halterghave looked? attractive only when; worn" on youthtult figures; since a halter designed: simply to be draped (m the bust; neither provided the molding" and uplifit required by a sagging bust nor sufficient. control to prevent exposure thereon on the other hand, the halter was fashioned: along the lmes ofi a scanty brassiere ti. ct, without a band seamed to the-bottom: edges of the bust cups) toprovide theneeessary nrcld ing uplift and; control; the under'sides of thebust shortly became eat-posed. This, course, cannot be countenanced in anoutergarment It is an object of my: inwention to provide a halter" generally resembling a brassire, and therefore affording the proper molding; uplift and control, but so -constructed as to prevent exposure of the under-sides of the" bust even upon vigorous movement-of a wearer,

It is" another object of my invention" to provide a halter of the character described in which the means for! preventing exposure of the undersids ofthe bust may be manipulated to enhance: the uplift and control: of the: basic brassiere' design.

It is a further objector? the: invention toprovide a halter having the foregoing characteristics and which yet is, attractive; comfortable, easy to make aigd don and has no visual resemblance to a bras= si rez-- Other objects" ot thi invention"- part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention. accordingly consistsof the tea tunes of construction, combinations: of elements. and. arrangement of parts which will: be exernplifie'd in the construction hereinafter described and of which the scope of application will be in dicate'd' in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings; which is shown one of the"- itaiio us possible emucdinents of thisi nventron,

Fig; I is a front view of a feminine-figure wear:

iiig a bathing" suit including a halter embod ing invention Fig". 2 is a similar" view ofthe halter; gathered lip, however, to exercise uniift:

Fig. 3 is a side view of the figure shown in Fig.1;

Fig.- 4' is a plan view of the halter laid on a, flat surface;

Fig. 5' is afront view of the halter asit appears when partially donned and Fig. 6' is an enlargedzsecti'onal view taken substantially along the-line 6 6 of Fig: 5-.

In general: I achieve! the several. objects of; my invention. by providing a halter comprises a scanty brassire of any suitable design including a; pair of bust cups and means to hold. said cups in position on a wearer, bust clip has associated therewith an elongated fabric band having an end: secured: to the: outer side edge' of the cup withthe longitudinal axis ot the: band directed. downwardly at an angle to extend: generally below the opposite. bust cup. When the halter is donned the bands are crossed: at the frontof the wearer; brought around to; the: wearers back and the ends thereot secured: together. Eaclt band is arranged: to cover aportion of. the underside" of. the opDos-itebust cup:andto overlie a part (at the rib cage immediately below said; bust cup: In this fashion the bands serve to prevent exposure of those parts of the under-sides: of the bust which creep: out from beneath the bust cups The portion. of each band overlying-j its associated bust cup may be shaped approximately to-the'cons tour of. thecup to enhance molding: and control of. the bust; and, tn ad-dttion means maybe: provided to gather and: lift the bands where: they cros and thus further uplift and control the bust. The halter m ayfornr the upper'hal t'. of any two piece outer? garment as, for example; a bathing suit. suit; play suit or evening: gowns Referring now to the drawings l t-denotes: a two piece bathing suit comprising a conventional pair ofitr unhs, l2 and: aehalterr I4 embodying my in vention, Asindicated above, the" halter includes a scanty bras'sier'e l6 and a pair of elongated bands I8, 20.

Any conventional scanty brassire' may be employed and; b'y' way of example; I have: shown a simple brassiere including two' bust cups 22, 2E. Each bust cup consists of an upper panel 23- and a lower panel: 28' secured to each other by a central line" of stitching 30-. The panels are shaped and stitched together a manner: known to the art toprovide a cup shaped configuration of desired. contour. To best illustrate the basic principle underlying the invention the bust-cupshave been: shown as having pentagonal front outlines. Thus the-outer side' edges 32' of thebust cups: are distinctly indicated, as are the inner side edges 34, the bottom edges 36 and: the u pwardly'tapering top edges 38-.

The two bust cups are stitched together along their inner side: edges 34.

Suitable means is provided to hold the bust cups in position on a wearers torso-r such means com- The bands I8, are of fabric and preferably are somewhat resilient so that they can be pressed tightly against the bust without disturbing the desired contour imparted thereto by the brassiere. To this end the bands may be made from a fabric such as lastex, having elastic strands in the warp and weft, or from a knitted material, or they may simply consist of elongated woven fabric bands with the longitudinal axes thereof on a bias to the warp and weft. An end of each band is stitched to the outer side'edge 32 of an associated bust cup with the longitudinal axis of the band extending downwardly at an angle such that the band will cross over in a direction generally toward and below the apex of the opposite bust cup; this disposition of the bands being shownin Fig. 4.

It may be mentioned that in Fig. 5 th crossed positionof the bands is not apparent, .the .bands being allowed to hang straight down in said figure so that the construction of the brassiere might be shown more clearly. r

Suitable means is provided to'hold the bands tightly against the bust in their crossed arrangement, such means in the illustrated figures merely consisting in havingthe bands long enough to cross again at the back of. the wearer and have their free ends tied together: across the wearers midriff in aknot 48. To expedite tying and reduce coverage thebands are tapered toward their free ends and their side edges stitched together beyond the crossed over portions to form tubes.

It will be understood that, as in the case of the straps 40, 42 any other conventional means may be employed tohold the bands in their proper position.

Particularly good results are obtained-when the bands are quite wide and for this reason I may make each band broad enough to be stitchedto the top edge. 38 of its associated bust cup. With this width of band it is only necessary to'stitch the band tothe outer sloping. portion 3800f the top edge; however, appearanceis better served if the band is stitched to the inner sloping portion 382) of said top edge as Well.

Todon the halter the scanty brassire [Bis first put on in the usual manner. Then the bands [8, 20 are crossed and. so arranged. that each passes over .the bust cup opposite to that to which it is attached and the upper edge 50 thereof lies below the .apexnf said opposite cup. A desirable arrangement of the bands is that in whicheach upperband .edge' crosses the bottom. edge 36 0f the opposite bust cup at about its midpoint this disposition being shown in Fig. .1. It will thus be seen that the portion of a band adjacent its associated bust .cup'aifords coverage .for. thatpart of the underside. of abreast which creeps out from beneath the bottom edge 36 of said cup and that additional coverage is afforded for the inner part of the same underside by that portion of the other band which crosses over the'lower part of said bustcup. r

Desirably the secured endofeach band is gored,

4 pleated, darted or tucked as illustrated at 52 so that said end will better conform to the shape of the underlying bust cup.

The bands also may be employed to enhance the uplift and control of the brassire l6 by gathering the bands into a small compass where they cross between the cups and, preferably, raising the gathered portion close to the top edges of the bust cups. For this purpose. I provide a tape 54 stitched intermediate its endsto the center of the top edge of the brassiere (see Fig. 5). When not in use said tape may be tucked between the brassiere and bust. To employ the tape one end thereof is passed down inside the brassiere and in back of the crossed portions of the bands. This end is then brought back up and tied to the other end, thus gathering and lifting the bands where they cross, as shown in Fig. 2.

a It will thus be seen that I have provided a halter which achieves the several objects of this invention and is well adapted to meet theconditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, andas'various possible changes might be made in the embodiment-above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein described or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not inalimiting sense. w

Having; thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecureby Letters Patent:

7 1. VA halter comprising a brassire including'a pair of bustcups and'means to hold the same in position on a wearers- -torso, andv a pair of elongated fabric'bands distinct from said bilst cups and independent of'the means for holding said cups in position, each of said bands-being associated with one of said'bust cup and secured-to the outer sideedge'of said cup with the longitu dinal axis of the band directeddownwardly'at anangle such that the. band, extends in a direction toward and below the apexof the opposite bust cup whereby in use the bands will cross between the breasts and each band will cover'and extend below the bottom* edge :of its associated bustcupfand an inner portion'of the bottom edge of the opposite bust cup, and means to hold the bands tightly against the bust in such position. 1

2. Ahalter comprising a scanty brassire including a pair of bust cups and means tohold the same in position on a wearers torso, and a pair of elongated resilient fabric bands distinct fron -said bust cups and independent of the means for holding saidcups inposition, each'of said bands being associated with one of said bust cups and secured to the outer side edgeof said cup with the longitudinal axis of the band directed downwardly at an angle such that the band extends in a direction toward and below the apex of the opposite bust cup whereby in use the bands will cross betweenthe-breasts and each band will cover and extend below the bottom edge of itsassociated bust cup andan inner portion-of the bottom edge of the opposite bust. cup, said bands being long enough to extend around at least to the back of a wearer, and means to hold the bands tightly against thebust in such position.

3. Ahalter comprising a brassiere including" a pair of bust cups and and means to hold the same in position on a wearer's torso, and a pair-of elongated fabric bands distinct from said bust cups and independent of the means for holding said cups in position, eachof said'bands being associated with one of said bust cups and secured to the outer side edge of said cup with the longitudinal axis of the band directed downwardly at an angle such that the band extends in a direction toward and below the apex of the opposite bust cup whereby in use the bands will cross between the breasts and each band will cover and extend below the bottom edge of its associated bust cup and an inner portion of the bottom edge of the opposite bust cup, means to hold the bands tightly against the bust in such position, and means to gather and lift the crossed portions of the bands.

4. A halter comprising a brassire including a pair of bust cups and means to hold the same in position on a wearers torso, and a pair of elongated fabric bands distinct from said bust cups and independent of the means for holding said cup in position, each of said bands being associated with, one of said bust cups and secured at an end thereof to the outer side edge and top edge of said cup with the longitudinal axis of the band directed downwardly at an angle such that the band extends in a direction toward and below the apex of the opposite bust cup whereby in use the bands will cross between the breasts and each band will cover and extend below the bottom edge of its associated bust cup and an inner portion of the bottom edge of the opposite bust cup, and means to hold the bands tightly against the bust in such positoin.

5. In combination with a brassire including a pair of bust cups, a pair of elongated fabric bands each associated with but distinct from one of said bust cups, each said band being secured to its associated bust cup adjacent an end of the band and substantially fully covering said bust cup, the remainder of each said band being free of said bust cup, each said band extending in a general direction toward the other bust cup, and means to hold said bands in position on a wearers torso.

VALERIE NAGY. 

